Extras
DIARY – LOVE AT CUMBERSOME CORNER – A Cumbersome Christmas – PT 15
By Bruce Williams Fifty years ago, when Eliisabet and Peeter moved to Cumbersome to be closer to the ... Read more
DIARY – LOVE AT CUMBERSOME CORNER – FATHERS DAY – PT 13
By Bruce Williams Technically, my father didn't die on fathers day. He fell face down into the flowerbed, ... Read more
DIARY – LOVE AT CUMBERSOME CORNER – HEAVY HELEN – PT 14
By Bruce Williams Walking into the Viceroy, I find Heavy Helen, as ever, in animated conversation. This arvo, ... Read more
DIARY – LOVE AT CUMBERSOME CORNER – MOTHER – PT 12
By Bruce Williams The world's stupidest man loved his mother. Scottie, who drank at every pub in Cumbersome ... Read more
DIARY – LOVE AT CUMBERSOME CORNER – CHEATING – PT 11
By Bruce Williams 'So I said to him: 'Ernie, would you ever have an affair''. And do you ... Read more
DIARY – LOVE AT CUMBERSOME CORNER – RENOVATIONS – PT 10
By Bruce Williams Up and down our street the blue-and-white signs are proliferating. Blue-and-white diagrams with a blue-lettered ... Read more
DIARY – LOVE AT CUMBERSOME CORNER – TRISTAN – PT 9
By Bruce Williams We've come back from church, Lisa and I. Lisa is a cleaner; I am clean. Two ... Read more
DIARY – LOVE AT CUMBERSOME CORNER – BEFORE MARRIAGE – PT 8
By Bruce Williams Across the road from the kiddie park in Camperdown, they bake the pies favoured by ... Read more
DIARY – LOVE AT CUMBERSOME CORNER – MORE SEX – PT 7
By Bruce Williams Fred sits on his full schooner of cider until I'm a sip from finishing my ... Read more
DIARY – LOVE AT CUMBERSOME CORNER -SEX – PT 6
By Bruce Williams Love is equal parts longing and fear. Equal parts desire and disappointment. Equal parts ' ... Read more
Arts & Entertainment
Music
ISOBEL CAMBELL & MARK LANEGAN - HAWK
Hawk is the third album from this ...
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PETER BRODERICK - HOW THEY ARE
Like a musical mutation of Will Oldham ...
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CHARLIE PARR - WHEN THE DEVIL GOES BLIND
Charlie Parr, by his own admission is ...
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Theatre
THEATRE: YELLOW MOON
Director Susanna Dowling describes Yellow Moon as, ...
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OPERA: THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
Gilbert & Sullivan is a cash cow ...
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SYDNEY FRINGE: A TINY CHORUS
This may be a clown show, but ...
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Events
EVENT: THE HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES
Think you know art? Think you've seen ...
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GUERILLA WORD ARMY & THE AUSTRALIAN POETRY FESTIVAL
Sydney's Central Business District will be the ...
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Warning, Sydney: Graphic scenes ahead
"The illustration scene in Australia? I'm still ...
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Comedy
COMEDY: KITTY FLANAGAN
Kitty is a lot more cautious than ...
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THEATRESPORTS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
I await the day when my local ...
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COMEDY: FEAR OF A BROWN PLANET
"It's a play on Fear of a ...
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Books
PECHA KUCHA 20x20 FOR HAITI
Like most great things in this world, ...
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MANDY SAYER'S AUSTRALIAN LONG STORY
Let's face it; loads of people don't ...
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TALKS: SYDNEY IDEAS
Thinking about public lectures, I find myself ...
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Exhibitions
THE BLAKE PRIZE & AVANT-ART
Like most of Australia's biggest art prizes, ...
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EXHIBITION: MCA NEW SEASON
PRIMAVERA 2010 This year's annual Primavera exhibition showcasing ...
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EXHIBITION: PAINTING THE ROCKS
The Rocks were once described as the, ...
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Movies
MOVIE: PIRANHA 3D
Utterly ridiculous; these two words best sum ...
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MOVIE: GOING THE DISTANCE
When Garrett (Justin Long) and Erin (Drew ...
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THE BOY AT HEART AND BOY
Director/actor/writer Taika Waititi (Eagle vs ...
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